Handle for paper containers



w. w. SHORDAY'.

HANDLE FOR PAPER CONTAINERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1920.

1,42QQ58 Patented June 20, 1922.

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ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES WALTER W. SHORDAY, OF LAWNDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANDLE FOR PAPER CONTAINERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 20, 1922.

Application filed November 12, 1920. Serial No. 423,542.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that lVAL'rER \V. SHORDAY, a citizen of the United Statearesiding at Lawndale, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, has invented certain new and useful Improvements inHandles for Paper Containers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to handles or carryingmeans for paper orcard-board containers.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of the class justdescribed whereby the said handles or carrying means are integral withthe container structure, being a continuation of the side walls thereof,and which are formed from the side wings or flaps provided on theconventional type of paper or card-board container; cut out portions ofsaid wings providing means to enable the user to properly grasp saidhandles and also providing meansto retain the lid or cover of suchcontainer in a closed position. The device can be made a part of anycontainer having side flaps or wings which are cut as a continuation ofthe side walls.

A further object is to provide carrying means of this character whichare simple, practical and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture andthe operation of which is assured.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed and pointed out in the claim appended hereto.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the preferred embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view thereof illustrating the method offolding the cut out portions of the wings under the lid preparatory toclosing the container;

Figure 3 is a side view of the container with the lid and cut out wingportions folded therein and the handles in an upri ht position forcarrying purposes;

igure 4 is a front view of the container with the top and cut out wing'portions folded therein and the handles in the position they assume whenthe container is being carried by hand.

Like reference characters denote like parts throughout the drawin s.Referring more partlcularly to the drawlngs a conventional form of paperor cardboard container A adapted to contain ice cream and likesubstances, is provided with the usual side walls 16, front wall 15,rear wall 17 a bottom or base 14 and a top cover or lid 10 having atongue 11 adapted to fold inside the front wall 15.

The said side walls 16 are continued upwardly in the conventional mannerforming side wings or flaps B which are ordinarily adapted to foldacross the top of the container A and beneath the cover 10 to secure thecontents in said container. Said side wings B in the present device,however, are utilized as handles or carrying means for the container.

In Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive portions of the side wings B are cut out toform flaps 13 adapted to fold across the top of the container A andbeneath the cover 10 in the usual manner, the remaining portions orwalls of said wings forming handles 12, the apertures 12 thereinproviding means of gripping said handles. a

The said cut out portions 13 of the side wings B are creased hinged onthe, plane of the top of the container.

When the cover flaps are folded in position and the handles 12 areinclined inwardly'by being grasped by the fingers of the carrier, asillustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing, the bases of said handles im ingeagainst the tongued cover flap 10 holding it securely in position.

The above description discloses means);

whereby the side wings cut as a continuation of the side walls of aconventional paper or card-board container may be formed to providehandles or carrying means for said container and also means to securethe cover in position, that are new, novel and efficient.

Minor modifications not involving invention may be made to the devicewithout departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.

I claim:

1. In combination, a paper container having a three fold cover,comprising a tongued top flap and duplicate side flaps cut from verticalcontinuations of the side walls to the depth of the top of saidcontainer and creased hinged on the plane thereof, adapted to be foldedinwardly and across the open top of the container, beneath said tonguedtop flap,.the remaining portions of the side walls providingcarryingmeans for said container, substantially as described.

2. In combination, a paper container having a three fold cover,comprising a tongued top flap and duplicate side flaps out from verticalcontinuations of the side Walls to the depth of the top of saidcontainer and WALTER W. SHORDAY.

